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The fabrication flexibility of 3D printing has sparked a lot of interest in designing structures with spatially graded material properties. In this paper, we propose a new type of density graded structure that is particularly designed for…
Accurate simulation of the printing process is essential for improving print quality, reducing waste, and optimizing the printing parameters of extrusion-based additive manufacturing. Traditional additive manufacturing simulations are very…
In the industrial practice, additive manufacturing processes are often followed by post-processing operations such as subtractive machining, milling, etc. to achieve the desired surface quality and dimensional accuracy. Hence, a given part…
Additive manufacturing technologies are positioned to provide an unprecedented innovative transformation in how products are designed and manufactured. Due to differences in the technical specifications of AM technologies, the final…
Additive manufacturing techniques are revolutionizing product development by enabling fast turnaround from design to fabrication. However, the throughput of the rapid prototyping pipeline remains constrained by print optimization, requiring…
Off-the-shelf fused filament fabrication 3D printers are widely accessible and convenient, yet they exhibit quality loss at high speeds due to dynamic mis-synchronization between printhead motion and material extrusion systems, notably…
We introduce a method to analyze and modify a shape to make it manufacturable for a given additive manufacturing (AM) process. Different AM technologies, process parameters or materials introduce geometric constraints on what is…
Additive manufacturing is a versatile technique that shows promise in providing quick and dynamic manufacturing for complex engineering problems. Research has been ongoing into the use of additive manufacturing for potential applications in…
This paper presents in-situ X-ray computed tomography (CT) experiments used to study the flow behavior within a conventional hot-end of a fused filament fabrication printer. Three types of experiments were performed to better understand the…
Accurate numerical simulation of material extrusion additive manufacturing requires reliable tracking of evolving material interfaces while preserving mass conservation. Inaccurate mass conservation can lead to significant discrepancies…
Injection moulding is a well-established automated process for manufacturing a wide variety of plastic components in large volumes and with high precision. There are, however, process control challenges associated with each stage of…
Despite the growing level of technological advancement that characterizes extrusion-deposition additive manufacturing technology, there remains a significant knowledge gap in fully understanding the process-structure-property relationship…
This paper presents the integration of a feedback control loop during the printing of a plastic object using additive manufacturing. The printed object is a leaf spring made of several parts of different infill density values, which are the…
This project is focused on investigating the structural performance of parts and structures produced using the latest additive manufacturing techniques. For additive manufacturing of test coupons, fused deposition modeling of…
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is one of the most widely explored additive manufacturing method that uses thermoplastic materials to manufacture products. Mechanical properties of parts manufactured using FDM are influenced by different…
Much contemporary research in additive manufacturing focuses on breaking down models into constituent parts in the pursuit of various factors, such as printability of large models in smaller printing volumes, or reduction of support…
Photonic components responsive to external optical stimuli are attracting increasing interest, because their properties can be manipulated by light with fast switching times, high spatial definition, and potentially remote control. These…
Large language models have steadily increased in size to achieve improved performance; however, this growth has also led to greater inference time and computational demands. Consequently, there is rising interest in model size reduction…
3D printing methods which enable control over the position and orientation of embedded particles have promising applications in cell patterning and composite scaffolds. Extrusion-based additive manufacturing techniques such as fused…
Surface roughness in Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing varies across a part and is difficult to anticipate during process planning because it depends on both printing parameters and local surface inclination, which governs the…